This Decision No. 305/QD-UB, issued by the People's Committee of Lao Cai Province, promulgates the economic-technical norms (dinh muc kinh te-ky thuat) applicable to nursery production, planting, tending and protection of planted forests, reclamation for new plantings, and tending of tea, coffee and fruit trees within the administrative boundaries of Lao Cai Province. The Decision sets out the scope of application to relevant provincial departments, district-level People's Committees, units and organizations involved in investment planning, construction, forest plantation and crop husbandry activities, and to investors, owners and managers of production and planting projects subject to provincial norms. It establishes concrete technical and economic parameters for unit costs, labor norms, material consumption and input use at various stages: seedbed and…